Культурология. Горелова А.В - 47 стр.

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Shakespeare’s Contribution to World Literature. Shakespeare's merits
are enormous. He created a new epoch in world literature. He expresses the
ideas set forth by the Renaissance, the struggle for happiness and freedom, in the
most realistic forms.
In many parts of his great tragedies the dramatist shows the worst aspect
of things. He seems to realize how much bloodshed the struggle for freedom
will cost and that neither he nor the next generations will ever live long enough
to see what freedom is. Yet, in the same tragedies we feel Shakespeare's firm
belief in a better future for all mankind. He had faith in man. His love of man is
seen in his intolerance towards injustice. Shakespeare's plays have become
popular throughout the world because of these great humanist ideas and his
universal and realistic characters.
The whole history of English drama can be traced throughout
Shakespeare's works for he combined all forms that existed before him and
developed them to great heights. His works emerge from the Renaissance and
become the forerunner for the literature of the following centuries.
The development of Shakespeare's characters makes him different from
his predecessors (Marlowe and others). Their characters remain static all
through their plays while Shakespeare's characters change in the course of
action. Shakespeare was the first dramatist to mix tragedy and comedy.
Shakespeare was also a great master of plot.
Shakespeare Today. Research work and study on Shakespeare's literary
inheritance by scholars never ceases in the world. Every generation discovers
new ideas in his works. Even today we find ideas and problems dealt with in
Shakespeare's plays that were not considered before. These are the social
problems concerning the relations of man to man in human society. That's why
his plays do not grow old with time.
William Shakespeare was born more than four hundred years ago; but his
plays are still performed and will probably be performed for many yeas to come.
There is scarcely a theatre in our country which does not include Shakespeare's
plays in its repertoire.
Stratford-upon-Avon, Shakespeare's birthplace, has become a place of
pilgrimage and a centre of tourism. Its annual Festival is dedicated to
performing his plays.
GLOSSARY
obscure - not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain.
folio - 1. a sheet of paper folded once to make two leaves, or four pages, of
a book or manuscript. 2. a volume having pages of the largest size, formerly
made from such a sheet.
ethical - 1. pertaining to or dealing with morals or the principles of
morality; pertaining to right and wrong in conduct. 2. being in accordance with
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